A month after the Door County Board of Supervisors voted 14-6 against a proposal to place a pair of marijuana referendum questions on the April 2019 ballot, supervisors last week adopted a resolution urging Wisconsin leaders to legalize medical cannabis use.

“After last month's meeting, I decided to direct sponsor this resolution,” Door County Board Chairman David Lienau announced at the Dec. 18 board meeting.

Board members debated for more than an hour Nov. 13 before rejecting a proposal to place a referendum asking Door County voters if they approved legalizing medical marijuana and a separate question on whether voters approved a law allowing recreational use of cannabis.

“I am aware, personally, of some people in Wisconsin and in other states who use marijuana for medical purposes,” Lienau said, “There are 33 other states that have some sorts of laws and usage, and I personally feel that if there's something Wisconsin can do to alleviate pain and suffering of our residents, they should allow it to be used.”

Lienau went on to say that the resolution would go directly to the legislature.

Referring to the November county board session, Lienau said, “The two questions were should we have a referendum on medical and on recreational use. The result of any referendum would still have to come back to this body and we'd have to adopt a resolution and support it and send it on to the state.”

There was no debate among supervisors before the vote to approve the resolution was approved.